"feel free to add the policies the alp introduced over the 6 years of govt that improved our fiscal position........"
"Labor did make tough decisions in government to keep the economy on track. All up, we took more than $180 billion in responsible savings measures. And we did it without kicking families, pensioners and students in the guts.
When Labor introduced a means test on the private health insurance rebate, we saved the budget billions of dollars. We did it because we didn’t think low- and middle-income families should be subsidising the healthcare of wealthy people.
Abbott called that class warfare. He voted against it. Now he wants you to pay an upfront fee every time you take your sick child to the doctor. The difference in our priorities, and in our values, couldn’t be any clearer.
We also abolished the baby bonus. It was a difficult choice, but we thought the savings would be better spent on giving our kids a world-class education.
Joe Hockey compared this decision to China’s one-child policy.
Labor won’t be repeating this juvenile attitude to opposition."
Add to that the removal of the FBT car rort, the indexing of private health insurance to CPI rather than what was the insurance free for all rises, wind back of the very high income earner super concession etc etc etc. Add the MRRT, extension of the PRRT and the NDIS levy
